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A. B. HUTGHINS. Lamp Shade Holder.

N0, 229,825. Patented July 13, 1880- l 2 l Witnesses.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAMP-SHADE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,825, datedJ'uly 13,1880.

4 Appneation inea February 20,1880.

To all jwhom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER B. HUrcHrNs, of the city of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Lam p-Shade Holders; and I hereby declare the followingto be a full and clear description of the same.

The nature of this invention consists in attaching to the top part ot' alamp-burner a set of vertical rods, on which said rods an annular slideis placed, so as to be easily moved up or down, as desired,the shade torest upon the said annular slide, and to be adjusted as to height by theposition of the said slide.

rlhe invention will be readily understood by I reference to theaccompanying drawings, of

which- Figure l is an elevation of a lamp with one of the improvedshade-holders attached and supporting a shade as in use., Fig. 2 is anelevation of the improved shade-holder detached from the lamp. Fig. 3.is a plan of the sliding shade-rest.

There Will be an annular ring or plate, A, arranged to slide down overthe burner, and be held thereon simply by friction, and to the top faceof this plate will be fixed vertical rods B, which will extend up ashigh as the top of the shade will be likely to be raised. On thesevertical rods there will -be placed a sliding annular rest, C, for theshade to rest upon. As this sliding rest will preferably be made of thinsheet metal, which would not afford a sufficiently firm bearing for therodsB, I place short tubes c through the substance of the slide C, andsolder them tast to the said slide or rest, and allow the said tubes tosurround and slide upon the supporting-rods B, thereby securing a firmbearing for the said slide on its supporting-rods, thus enabling theslide to be moved up or down without tipping or binding.

The tubes c should lit the rods snugly, but so as to easily slide up anddown thereon, and yet be capable of holding to the rods at any point bysimple frictional attachment, so as to hold the shade-support at anydesired elevation. In order, however, to secure absolutely the supportrequired for the shade-rest (l, the rods B are set so as to spring alittle against the tubes c, thereby securing the requisite frictionalsupport.

The shade will rest upon and be supported by the slide C, and thisattachment may be applied to lamps using only chimneys, or to mechanicallamps without chimneys, or even to candle-holders.

I am aware that it is not new to use a ring around the burner as apartof a shade-support.

I am also aware of the fact that a hanging lamp has been supported bymeans of rods curved around andextending above the lamp and chainsattached to the upper ends of said rods and to a support above, and thata shade has been supported upon a ring designed to slide upon said rodsand provided with tubes encircling the same; but in this case the rodsdo not spring against the tubes of the slide, creating increasedfriction to aid in holding thel shade, since the weight ofthe lampdrawing upon the rods tends to hold them in a vertical position.

In my shade-holder the rods are used merely to support the shade, andthey have an outward springing action, which induces friction upon theslide and tends to hold the shade in the position in which it has beenadjusted. Moreover, the tubes attached to the slide in the case referredto are attached to the inner edge of the ring and supported by means ofbraces.

In my invention the tubes pass directly through the body of the slide,and I am enabled to dispense with the braces, using solder alone.

My holder isa separate and independent device in structure, and can bereadily applied to various forms of lamps, whether hanging' or standing.I do not claim any part of the ,device separately.

Having described my invention, I claim- As an article of manufacture,anindependent detachable shade-holder consisting of a ring adapted tolit closely around the burner, a series of upright rods attached theretohaving a springing action, and an annular slide adapted to receive andhold the shade, provided with a series of short tubes passing throughthe body of said slide and made to lit said rods, substantially asdescribed.

ABNER B. H U'IOHINS. Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, P. E. RAQUE.

